Indonesia on September 9 reported at least 203,342 confirmed cases and over 8,336 deaths due to the coronavirus, with Jakarta set to reimpose lockdown. With some of the worlds lowest testing rates, the true scale is widely believed to be much greater.
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta plans to re-impose a partial lockdown as early as Monday over fears that surging coronavirus cases could «collapse» its under-pressure hospitals, the sprawling city’s governor said. «The Jakarta administration has decided to pull the emergency brake and go back to large-scale restrictions,» governor Anies Baswedan said late Wednesday. «After that, Jakarta’s health facilities would collapse,» he added.
This article was written by GENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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